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Eisenhower National Historic Site

Introducing Eisenhower!

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will read a short biography of President Eisenhower. They will then choose three important facts from his life and write a short speech to introduce the President to their PTO as a guest speaker.

Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

Introducing Ulysses S. Grant

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Ulysses S. Grant is one of the most important figures from United States history. This collection of resources helps introduce students in Kindergarten through second grade to Grant's life and legacy.

Haleakalā National Park

Species in Danger

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: 1. Identify endemic and endangered species in Maui and explain why native habitats are critical to the survival of these species. 2. Understand that biodiversity of an ecosystem depends on many interconnected factors and that an effect on one factor can influence all the others. 3. Name three reasons why people should care about the loss of endemic species.

Invasive Species

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

This activity will introduce students to some of the invasive species that pose a threat to native species in Haleakalā National Park. Students will learn how to identify different invasive species and will create an invasive species poster to share with their classmates.

Grand Canyon National Park

Superhero Species

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will create original drawings illustrating plant and animal adaptations that they find in their surrounding environment.

Grand Canyon National Park

Save the Endangered Species!

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn about endangered species through research and conversation and will create an original poster about one endangered species they want to protect.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Prehistoric Species of the Niobrara River

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

40 minutes classroom time https://youtu.be/N1baY1BbEYA Students will be able to compose a fictional first-person narrative from the perspective of a prehistoric species of the Niobrara National Scenic River following the guided prompts to examine and articulate its internal and external life experience of changing climate and landscape in a 9 minute essay.

Haleakalā National Park

Autobiographies of Extinct and Endangered Species

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This lesson is about why species become endangered or extinct. Students will do a case study of one extinct and one endangered species. The two biggest threats to a species survival are invasive species and habitat loss. Students will learn what an invasive species is and see visuals of habitat loss on Maui. Without intervention and management, these endangered species could disappear within the students’ lifetime.

Invasive Species Children's Storybook

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students begin this activity listening to a children’s storybook that teaches them about a science concept. They will then be challenged to use their creativity to write a children’s story that young children could read to learn about invasive species. In the process of writing the book, their understanding of invasive species and their impact on the environment will be further enhanced.

Invasive Species Raising Awareness

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This activity encourages students / teachers to make a difference in the area they live in and either (1) educate the public about invasive species, (2) change your lifestyle to prevent introduction of invasive species, or (3) take on a project to highlight and/or eradicate an invasive species in your area. After an introduction to the learning objective, student groups start to brainstorm ideas of things they can do in their community and create an action plan.

Invasive Species Go-Around

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

There are many different and varied invasive species, but for this lesson the key points are that the species is (1) not native and (2) causes harm to either the economy or the environment. This activity will allow students to focus on one invasive species and present the information that they find about their species to classmates in a classroom go-around at the end of their research.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Invasive Species in the Great Lakes

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

A classroom-based program that reviews pre-site and field trip lessons about animal adaptation, survival, and their ecosystems. This is part three of a three part series, but can be done independent of the prior two activities/field trip.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Explore Barataria! Invasive Species – Water Hyacinth

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn about one invasive species present at the Barataria Preserve, called the Water Hyacinth. Then see if you can you answer all of the questions and teach a sibling, friend, parent, or guardian about control measures for invasive species.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Water Those? Aquatic Invasive Species at Sleeping Bear

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The Water Those? program will introduce your students to aquatic invasive species, how they impact our ecosystems, and what we can do to help.

Cowpens National Battlefield

The Cowpens Landscape Today: Native, Exotic, and Invasive Species

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

To demonstrate to students how exotic and invasive species are changing the Cowpens National Battlefield landscape in context of comparative changes,nationwide.

Haleakalā National Park

Map Analysis

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Haleakalā National Park protects the biodiversity of endemic species. This activity will introduce students to the boundaries and topography of Haleakalā National Park.

Haleakalā National Park

Hō‘ike o Haleakalā: High School Science Curriculum

• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This curriculum will introduce students and their families to the marine, coastal, rain forest, invasive species and alpine-aeolian ecosystems of Haleakalā National Park.

Invaders of the Great Lakes Classroom Program

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students will learn about the Great Lakes and be introduced to the ecological impact of invasive species in this region. An optional pre-site program is designed to orient students to terminology used by land managers when controlling invasive species. Students will watch the virtual program in which National Park Service rangers will talk about the Great Lakes and introduce the concept of invasive species to classrooms. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist focus on sea lamprey and their control.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Butterflies of Niobrara: An Introduction to Hybrids

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

What happens when two species combine? This lesson is a great introduction to the answer. The included activity combines science and art to introduce the concept of hybrids.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

5th Grade Virtual Field Trip - Exotic Invaders

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

A virtual trip to the Shoreline Trail introduces students to the food webs of Lake Mead National Recreation Area along with how invasive species are causing change.